City Fountain monument
City Fountain monument is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart of the Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Historic City Fountain at Mulberry and Derry Streets, used to allow horses to drink after making the climb up from the Mulberry Street Bridge to Allison Hill
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Vernon Street Park: 0.3 mi
- 14th & Shoop Streets Playground: 0.3 mi
- Royal Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
- Soldier's Grove: 0.6 mi
- Shipoke Park: 0.7 mi
- A Gathering at the Crossroads: 0.6 mi
- Mexican War Monument: 0.7 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 1.1 mi
- World War II U.S. Submarine Veteran Memorial: 1.1 mi
- WWI Buddy Monument: 1.2 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 8.1 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 11.2 mi
- Candymonium: 11.2 mi
- Carrousel: 11.3 mi
- Mini Himalaya: 11.4 mi
- Shepherd: 8.3 mi
- Wickersham Hill: 8.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 8.8 mi
- Neiman Hill: 9.8 mi
- Pinetown Hill: 10.4 mi
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: 0.6 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 0.8 mi
- National Civil War Museum: 1.0 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 1.1 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.6 mi
- Boies Penrose Statue: 0.7 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.7 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 1.2 mi
- Andrew Curtin statue: 1.7 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Joshua Farm: 0.5 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- McCormick Island: 3.5 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 7.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 7.3 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 3.5 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 3.6 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pine Springs: 11.6 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 12.6 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 11.4 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 18.1 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 19.7 mi
- Concrete Beach: 1.3 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 20.7 mi
- Rausch Gap: 21.7 mi
- Chickies Rock: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of City Fountain monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 19° | 500 m | 23.3 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 34° | 491 m | 17.2 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 16° | 488 m | 11.3 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | WSW 238° | 488 m | 24.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 227° | 479 m | 17.8 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | SW 236° | 462 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Holly | WSW 237° | 459 m | 21.0 mi |
| Berry Mountain | N 7° | 435 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10136021840
Day trips start here
- York · 22 mi
- Wrightsville · 24 mi
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